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1) The cowboys
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a rancher is deserted by his regular cattle drivers for the gold mines, Wil Andersen is forced to take on a collection of young boys as his drivers in order to cross the 400 treacherous miles to get his herd to market in time to avoid financial disaster. The boys learn to do a man's job under Andersen's tutelage, however, neither Andersen nor the boys are aware that a gang of cattle thieves is stalking them.
2) Hatari!
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (157 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
John Wayne heads a group of highly skilled professional game hunters in Africa who capture the ferocious big game with strong rope and cameras for zoos and circus attractions.
3) The shootist
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A terminally ill gunfighter seeks to retire quietly but is embroiled in one last battle.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The day that Katie Elder is buried, her four sons return home to Clearwater, Texas, to pay their last respects. It is a he-man story, as well as, a drama of the maternal influence of Katie Elder, her sacrifice, love and incredible valor. The hopes and aspirations for her sons are movingly communicated from beginning to conclusion.
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
Special collector's edition.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (148 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A commercial airliner develops engine trouble while flying over the Pacific Ocean. The pilot panics, so it is up to the washed-up co-pilot to get the plane down safely.
6) Hondo
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hondo Lane, a dispatch rider for the cavalry, encounters Angie Lowe, a woman living alone with her young son in the midst of hostile Apache territory. She presumes she is safe because the Apaches, under their chief Vittorio, have always left them alone. Later Hondo has a run-in with Angie's good-for-nothing husband and is forced to kill him. When Vittorio captures Hondo to save his life, Angie tells the Apache chief that he is her husband. In order...
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
Special collector's edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (109 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A transport plane crashes on Labrador's frozen tundra. The pilot must keep his crew alive while waiting to be rescued.
8) McLintock!
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
Authentic collector's edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Cattle baron George Washington McLintock fights with his estranged wife who wants nothing from him except a divorce. His daughter and the local political land-grabbers are fighting with McLintock as well. Along with taming the West, McLintock finally "tames" everyone who has been fighting with him.
9) True grit
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mattie Ross is determined to avenge her father's blood by capturing Tom Chaney, the man who shot and killed him for two pieces of gold. Just fourteen, she enlists the help of Rooster Cogburn, a one-eyed, trigger-happy U.S. Marshall with an affinity for drinking, and hardened Texas Ranger LaBoeuf to track the fleeing Chaney. Despite their differences, their ruthless determination leads them on a perilous adventure that can only have one outcome: retribution....
10) Back to Bataan
Series
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Standard version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (95 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After the fall of the Phillipines in WWII, Colonel Joseph Madden of the U.S. Army stays on to organize guerrilla fighters against the conquerors.
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It's World War II. Major Dan Kirby (John Wayne) is hard on his marines. His subordinate Captain Carl Griffin thinks the Major is overdoing it, but Kirby proves that there is a method to his madness after all.
12) The Green Berets
Series
Publisher
Warner Bros. Pictures
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (141 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Col. Mike Kirby picks two teams of crack Green Berets for a mission in South Vietnam. First off is to build and control a camp that is trying to be taken by the enemy the second mission is to kidnap a North Vietnamese General.
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (111 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
World War II rages across the Pacific and Lieutenant Commander Duke E. Gifford (John Wayne) is in the thick of it. He evacuates children from enemy-held islands ; oversees the research and development of torpedoes at Pearl Harbor ; and prowls the depths in the submarine Thunderfish, hoping for a chance to aim his improved "tin fish"-- Torpedoes at the hulls of the enemy fleet.
15) True grit
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
Special collector's edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn helps a headstrong young girl find the man who murdered her father in Native American territory and fled with the family savings. When Rooster's employer insists on accompanying the old gunfighter, sparks fly. The situation goes from troubled to disastrous when an inexperienced Texas Ranger joins the party.
16) Donovan's reef
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two WWII buddies meet every year on a Pacific atoll to engage in a perpetual bar brawl, until a stuck-up Bostonian maiden appears and disrupts the fun.
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